After finishing first at the Italian Grand Prix, Max Verstappen has now won 10 races in a row, breaking Sebatian Vettel’s 10-year-old record for the most consecutive Formula One Grand Prix victories.
Verstappen put on another dominant performance, crossing the finish line 6.8 seconds ahead of his Red Bull teammate Sergio Pérez. Ferrari's Carlos Sainz, who started the race in pole position, rounded out the podium in third place.
Verstappen equalled Vettel’s record last week at the Dutch Grand Prix, where he overcame torrential rain and race disruptions to secure the victory on home turf.
Monza was a fitting location for him to claim the record outright, considering Vettel won his first race there in 2008.
With his 12th win of the season, Verstappen races toward his third straight world title and edges closer to breaking the record he set last year for the most Grand Prix wins by a driver in a Formula One season (15).
He has won all but two races so far this year, with teammate Pérez claiming victory in Saudi Arabia and Azerbaijan.
The duo’s results have seen Red Bull smash the record for the most consecutive Formula One Grand Prix race wins by a constructor, with 15 and counting. Their streak extends back to last season’s final race, which saw Verstappen win in Abu Dhabi.
Red Bull surpassed the previous record – 11, by McLaren in the 1988 season – in July, when Verstappen won the Hungarian Grand Prix. They are on course to make F1 history by becoming the first team to win every race of the season.
Verstappen, who turns 26 later this month, now has 47 Grand Prix victories overall, and he’s already fifth all-time in wins. With eight races remaining this season, he could potentially climb to third place, surpassing Alain Prost who has 51 wins and Vettel with 53.
Verstappen achieved his first Guinness World Records title eight years ago, at the 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix. Aged 17 years 180 days, driving for Red Bull’s secondary team Toro Rosso, he became the youngest driver to finish a Formula One World Championship race, breaking Jaime Alguersuari’s record by almost two years.
He finished the race in seventh place, breaking another record as the youngest driver to claim a Formula One World Championship point. This previously belonged to Daniil Kvyat, who was 19 years 134 days old when he finished ninth in the 2014 Australian Grand Prix.
The season after Verstappen set these records, he was promoted to the main Red Bull team and immediately won his first race in his new car at the Spanish Grand Prix. Aged 18 years 228 days, he became the youngest driver to win a Formula One World Championship race.
This was another record that previously belonged to Vettel, who was 21 years 72 days old when he won the 2008 Italian Grand Prix.
When we awarded Verstappen his Guinness World Records certificate in 2016, he said that he didn’t feel any pressure while completing the finals laps of the race with Kimi Räikkönen and Vettel in pursuit behind him.
"You are leading the race, but you just have to make no mistakes and focus on yourself and do the best possible job," he said.
"Make no mistakes. Make no mistakes. And make sure to be first out of the last corner."
He also revealed that, as a sportsman, he’s always been interested in reading about sports-related records in Guinness World Records books.
“I was always checking those things out and of course I’m very happy to have my own record."
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